The history of the Temple Mount is one of perpetual friction. It was the site of Solomon’s first Temple, later destroyed by ...

King Solomon, according to the Bible, built the First Temple of the Jews on this mountaintop circa 1000 B.C., only to have it torn down 400 years later by troops commanded by the Babylonian king ...

The Bible does not explicitly say that Solomon owned mines but does speak about his wealth and his access to raw materials, ...